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Fugitive ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn blasts Japanese justice
Date: 2020-01-08 21:03:21 GMT - Lebanon - World - SN:89 - ID:8261779
BEIRUT, Jan 8 (MENA) - Carlos Ghosn has used his freedom to blast Japan's legal system and denounce his arrest as part of a plot to topple him as head of the world's most powerful auto alliance, CNN reported. "I did not escape justice. I fled ....
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Trump says Iranian strike caused no American or Iraqi deaths
Date: 2020-01-08 19:24:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:8261662
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) – No Americans were killed or wounded when Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases in Iraq early Wednesday, US President Donald Trump said in an address to the nation from the ....
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German Foreign Ministry renews warning on traveling to Iraq
Date: 2020-01-08 15:47:58 GMT - Germany - World - SN:73 - ID:8261233
BERLIN, Jan 8 (MENA) - German Foreign Ministry, urged its citizens to stop traveling to Iraq because of security concerns amid tensions currently there. In a statement released on Wednesday, the ministry asked German citizens to stay away from ....
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NATO condemns Iranian attacks in Iraq
Date: 2020-01-08 15:40:30 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:71 - ID:8261237
BRUSSELS, Jan 8 (MENA) - Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg condemned the Iranian missile attacks on the US troops and coalition forces in Iraq. "I condemn the Iranian missile attacks on US & coalition forces in Iraq," Stoltenberg wrote ....
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Iran refuses to hand over crashed Ukrainian Boeing 737's black box
Date: 2020-01-08 15:22:21 GMT - Iran - World - SN:67 - ID:8261317
TEHRAN, Jan 8 (MENA) - Iranian authorities are refusing to hand over a flight recorder recovered from Wednesday's plane crash in Iran to Boeing, the plane's manufacturer, according to Business Insider. Crash investigators had found one of the two ....
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Sworn in as prime minister, Spain’s Sánchez readies Cabinet
Date: 2020-01-08 11:45:53 GMT - Spain - World - SN:41 - ID:8260870
MADRID, Jan 8 (MENA) - Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez took the oath as Spanish prime minister Wednesday, a day after his proposal to form a leftist coalition government narrowly won a parliamentary confidence vote with support from smaller parties, ....
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Zelensky urgently returning to Kiev from Oman
Date: 2020-01-08 10:22:31 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:33 - ID:8260580
KIEV, Jan 8 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has cut his visit to Oman short and is urgently returning to Ukraine in light of deadly crash of a Ukrainian plane in Iran early Wednesday, Kyiv Post reported. “Ukrainian President ....
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Oil prices jump as Iran launches missile strike against US forces in Iraq
Date: 2020-01-08 09:17:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:24 - ID:8260347
LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - Oil prices jumped and US stock futures sold off before paring some losses, as Iran launched a missile strike against American forces in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of military commander Qassem Soleimani, Financial ....
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Saudi Arabia's deputy defense minister met with Trump
Date: 2020-01-07 22:23:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:57 - ID:8259908
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia's Deputy Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman said he had a meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, CNN reported on Tuesday. On his Twitter account, Prince Khalid wrote that upon ....
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Pompeo: Iran will not get nuclear weapon
Date: 2020-01-07 18:43:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:8259873
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the priority of President Donald Trump and his administration is to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Pompeo said: "President ....